Feb 15 Last Chance to Tell CRD to Make Climate Accountability the SWMP Priority!
We have just a few days left to ensure CRD hears our feedback on the draft Solid Waste Management Plan and their plan to expand Hartland landfill.
The deadline to provide your feedback is February 15, 2021 (by 4:30pm).
(Scroll down for two ways to easily give your feedback)
This is an important issue for everyone in the Greater Victoria region because alternatives do exist to better manage and reduce waste, live more sustainably and be more climate accountable, but the CRD draft SWMP fails to seriously consider these alternatives and to swiftly adopt measures that address the climate emergency.
What does CRD have planned for Hartland landfill?
Expanding the landfill far over its operational capacity and blasting against the slope of Mount Work.
Removal of 73 acres of forest and destroying biodiverse habitat.
Increasing greenhouse gas emissions, as landfills create deadly methane.
Creating more leachate that pollutes the aquifers to the north of Hartland landfill.
Risking the safety of recreational users by turning Willis Point Rd into an industrial corridor.
CRD has declared a climate emergency - but are doing business as usual.
Expanding landfills is an outdated response to the region’s waste problems.
We need twenty-first century solutions - which other municipalities are adopting successfully.
Better solutions exist and new technological solutions are emerging - the CRD should delay landfill expansion plans to explore these and adopt those most appropriate to address climate emergency.
Below are two ways to provide your feedback to the CRD on this important region-impacting issue.
Provide Your Feedback on the CRD Website ASAP
Here is the link to the CRD's online feedback form: https://surveys.crd.bc.ca/surveys/draft-solid-waste-management-plan-feedback
Deadline: Monday, February 15th.
Learn more about the region’s Solid Waste Management Plan by going to the CRD website at https://www.crd.bc.ca/project/management-plan.
Not sure what to tell the CRD about the draft SWMP? Find copy-and-paste ideas on our Stop-CRD webpage and read this open letter submission made by the Mount Work Coalition.
Send a Letter to CRD Board of Directors to Ensure Your Specific Feedback is Heard
The CRD staff will amalgamate and summarize all the feedback provided to their online feedback form. This means that your specific concerns, ideas and hopes will not necessarily be included in the summary report to the CRD Board and to Minister of Environment, George Heyman.
Therefore, it is important to also send your individual letters to both the CRD Board of Directors and to the Minister of Environment who will be approving the CRD Solid Waste Management Plan.
CLICK THIS LINK - to quickly send this pre-drafted email to the CRD Board of Directors - just remember to insert the date and your name and signature line where indicated. Note: you can edit it to add any further comments you wish to provide.
CLICK THIS LINK - to quickly send this pre-drafted email to the BC Minister of Environment.
TAKE NOTE: If these one-click links do not open your email platform, please visit our Stop-CRD webpage for sample paragraphs and a list of all the email addresses you can send your letter to - it's all there for you on that one webpage!